Growth Metrics

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Scotts Miracle-Gro's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.2% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 11.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.2%, up 11.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.17%, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at Scotts Miracle-Gro, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.26% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.18% in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.09% (2024), against an average of 0.06%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed plummeted -33bps in 2023 before it increased 16bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.2% in 2021, then tumbled by -162bps to 0.13% in 2022, then soared by 49bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 240bps to 0.09% in 2024, then surged by 117bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SMG's Return on Capital Employed are 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.12% (Q2 2025).